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Aqua Plate Special

Forget the Blue Plate Special; this May, Oregon restaurants will offer a sustainable seafood version: the Aqua Plate Special. To honor American Wetlands Month and The Wetlands Conservancy’s 30th ...

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Filling Station

If you want a bottle of Troon Vineyard’s Trifecta Pinot Noir for $10, you’ll have to work for it. Bring a clean bottle to the Grants Pass winery on a Sunday or Thursday, wander up to the kegs ...

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Farm Dinner Series Goes Statewide

Farm to Fork Events quickly sold out its debut season last year by offering elegantly rustic culinary experiences at ranches, orchards and produce farms throughout the Rogue Valley. This June through October, ...

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Uncorked!

On May 14, more than 400 wine lovers will gather at Zenith Vineyard to raise their glasses and paddles to benefit Family Building Blocks, a private, nonprofit organization that works to break the intergenerational ...

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Gorge for Hospice

Help support the efforts of hospice, meet Columbia Gorge winemakers and winegrowers, and discover the AVA’s variety of vino at this year’s Gorge Winegrowers’ Celebration for Hospice, ...

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Ruby Red at Adelsheim

June 1, 1971, David and Ginny Adelsheim purchased the property today known as Quarter Mile Lane Vineyard, just outside Newberg. It is here that the original vineyard and winery are situated. They began ...

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Celebrate International Tempranillo Day

Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society  (TAPAS) has announced Sept. 1, 2011, to be the first International Tempranillo Day, a celebration of the grape with all its regional synonyms. ...

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Pinot & Palette

ART Elements Gallery in Newberg, as well as wineries Sokol Blosser, Anne Amie and Vista Hills, will host a multi-venue exhibit, “Pinot & Palette,” featuring paintings of Oregon wine country ...

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Add "Voodoo" to Queue

Katherine Cole’s new book on Biodynamics is a must-read

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Spring’s Here, Get Busy!

So much to do, so little time before bud break

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Tony Soter surveys his Mineral Spring Ranch perched serenely on Savannah Ridge. Photo by Andrea Johnson.

Oh, Savannah!

Soter Vineyards finds exceptional site to maximize Pinot’s potential

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Stimulus Plan and Palate

Give Oregon an economic boost at Portland’s annual Indie event

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Known as the father of the modern Rogue Valley wine industry, Professor Porter Lombard, shown in his experimental vineyard in 1973, became the superintendent and hortiicultural researcher at the OSU Experiment Station on Hanley Road near Jacksonville in 1963.  Photo from  Rogue Valley Wine /Courtesy of Porter Lombard.

Book Review: “Rogue Valley Wine”

Daspit and Weisinger chronicle Oregon’s southernmost wine region

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Lonnie Wright, of the Pines 1852 in the Columbia Gorge, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oregon Wine Board at this year s Oregon Wine Symposium.  Photo courtesy of OWB.

The Industry’s Pro Show

Oregon Wine Symposium is smooth, classy and well balanced

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Label as Launch Pad

QR codes offer wineries exciting opportunities in mobile marketing

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David Bergen, of Tina s Restaurant, and Russel Gladhart, of Winter s Hill, discuss land-use issues at Gladhart s winery.  Both were selected to be part of an expert panel.  Photo by Marcus Larson, News-Register.

Hear Ye on Land Use

Panel examines rural commercial activity, including winery events

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Oregon Wine Retailers

SOLID BOLD LISTINGS denote retailers established for 20 years or more. ALBANY Wine Depot & Deli300 Second Avenue S.W.541-967-9499Established 1988 ASHLAND Ashland Wine Cellar & Cigar38 Lithia ...

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Better with Age

Of the more than 150 independent wine retailers around the State of Oregon whose level of knowledge, service and commitment to product quality, depth and diversity qualify them as wine merchants, 37 have reached that 20-year milestone and merit recognition. 

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Sommeliers (from left)  Savanna Ray, Gaironn Poole, Tia Hubbard, Jennifer Cossey, Carrie Stigge, Gretchen Allen-Wilcox, Erica Landon, Dana Frank, Caryn Benke and Toni Ketrenos toast their profession at Soléna and Grand Cru Estates.  Photo by Andrea Johnson.

Women of Taste

Graceful, powerful, sophisticated, lively and bright are words used not only to describe wine but also the women who love to sell, teach, write and learn about it. Female sommeliers have assumed a role across the country as leaders in their industry.

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WVWA on Board

The next generation of winemakers and winery owners are well represented on the Willamette Valley Wineries Association’s (WVWA) recently elected 2011 board of directors. The 18-person board represents ...

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Social Wine Network

On April 11, the Tasting Room Managers Network will host a full-day seminar, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on social media geared specifically towards Oregon wineries. Organizer Stephanie Eads-Paul says anyone ...

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